The Real Blogger Status

Blog owners do not always understand the reasons behind the mysterious blog security check (following "suspicious" / "unusual" activity account lock). We see periodic complaints about deleted blogs and locked accounts - and the inconvenience involved, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue . I get the security and all - but I don't get how a blog is just deleted. This blog owner, like so many, does not understand how Blogger is trying to keep our blogs under our control - even after detection of "suspicious" / "unusual" activity.

We see too many problem reports, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue , about locked accounts and deleted blogs. My Google account was suspended because of 'suspicious activities'. Last month, I realized that my two connected blogs, to that account, were also put offline! Somebody else was unable to use the supplied account / blog recovery tools - and tried guessing what could not be remembered .

Repentant spammers are not frequently seen, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue . When a truly repentant spammer reports a problem, it is difficult to know how to treat one appropriately. They are so rare, we have little experience. This is totally unfair. Actually, life is totally unfair.

The effects of browser cache, upon our Internet life, are not always understood. Most of us know, by now, to clear cache and restart the browser , after updating a blog, for consistent testing. Some folks know that blog security changes don't always take complete and immediate effect . Recently, we're seeing a new effect, reported by owners of Blogger accounts locked, after hacking activity is detected. I got a message mentioning suspicious account activity, when I logged in to Blogger. I provided my phone number, and I received a code on my phone, that I had to enter before I could then log in. My blog was working fine just after I logged in. A short while later, though, it was gone. Why was my blog deleted, because I unlocked my account? This blog owner is just slightly confused, about the cause and effect here.

Many blog owners are occasionally confused, by the effects of various Blogger / Google security processes. We see the agony, daily, in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken , from those who only want to login to Blogger and work on their blogs. The side effects of the security processes are similar - and depending upon various owner specific details, can be easily confused for each other. The possibility of confusion requires careful initial analysis, when we are faced with an angry blog owner. My blog was deleted, by Blogger. How could they do this? I do not publish spam! This is a typical problem report, which can reflect any one of the processes, each requiring different action in the forums .